Hell to Pay and Soul Circus were awarded the 20 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has been the recipient of the Raymond Chandler award in Italy, the Falcon award in Japan, and the Grand Prix du Roman Noir in France. Pelecanos is the author of eighteen novels set in and around Washington, D.C.: A Firing Offense, Nick's Trip, Shoedog, Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go, The Big Blowdown, King Suckerman, The Sweet Forever, Shame the Devil, Right as Rain, Hell to Pay, Soul Circus, Hard Revolution, Drama City, The Night Gardener, The Turnaround, The Way Home, The Cut, and What It Was. He worked as a line cook, dishwasher, bartender, and woman's shoe salesman before publishing his first novel in 1992. George Pelecanos was born in Washington, D.C., in 1957.
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